Bed-lounge



(No Model.)

A. MORRIS.

BED LOUNGE.

No. 431,002. Patented June 24, 189(0.

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ABRAHAM MORRIS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BED-LOUNGE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,002, dated June 24, 1890.

Application filed August 31, 1888. Renewed March 3, 1890. Serial No. 342,472. (No model.)

1'' 0 all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ABEAHAMMoERIs, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented certain newandusefulImprovementsinBed-Lounges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bed-lounges of that kind or style in which the seat, or the seat and back, can be reversed to present a cushioned or upholstered side in the day-time and a mattress side for use at night; and my improvements consist in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and herein referred to by figures and letters, represent in Figure 1 a perspective view of a frame for a single lounge with reversible seat, the head-piece and foot-piece being detached from the seatframe and the upholstering-work being omitted. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views in detail of the parts of the pivot that supports the seat-frame at the ends.

The same letters of reference are used to denote corresponding parts in the several views of the drawings. a

My improvements, as applied to the construction of a single bed-lounge, have the seat-frame A arranged to revolve between the end pieces B 0 upon pivots D D and the seat partA is upholstered and finished along the sides A so as to dispense with a front rail. The head and foot pieces B O are suitably braced and held together by strips X X underneath, which, in connection with the pivots, serve to give sufficient stability to the whole frame. By this construction I am enabled to reduce the cost of the frame to a considerable degree. The parts of the pivots are shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The pivot D has a plate d for fastening it in position, and also two collars d (1 that serve to prevent longitudinal movement of the pin D in its box E. at the top for placing and removing the pivot, and has flanges e e for fixing it in place. A hinged block F is held by a hingepin f in position to Work on the top of the box and to set into the opening in the top. The box is fixed on the stationary end B of the frame, and directly opposite to it on the This part E is open seat-frame and in line with the open top is a plate G, provided with a sunken socket g to take the block F. As the head-piece Band the end A of the seat-frame are fitted closely together and the plates E and G are let into them flush with the surface, the two collars on the pivot D fit over the inner and outer edges of the box, which is the same width or distance between inside and outside as the distance between the collars. This brings the meeting faces of the two parts E and G closely together, and the block F then extends across the joint between them and fits, tightly into the sockets provided for it, as before described, in the plate G and the box E. WVhen this piece is in place, therefore,

the seat-frame cannot revolve, but is held rigidly in level position. To turn the seat and bring either the upholstered or the mattress side uppermost into use, the block is raised up out of the socket in the plate G. Each side of the head-piece A is provided with one of these pieces G, so that the frame is looked after being turned to bring either side uppermost.

The construction and arrangement of the pivot D at the opposite end of the frame are similar; but ordinarily no hinged block F will be required at that end of the seat, as the one look will hold it well enough, so that for this pivot D the plates E G and block F may be dispensed with. The pivot D is set through the frame from the inside and is fixed by screws through the plate d, and in such-position that the inner collar d is flush with the surface outside.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bed-lounge, the combination of the end pieces B 0, having the open boxes E, flanged at 6' 6 the block F, hinged to one end piece by a pivot f, the reversible seat A, the plate -G thereon, having socket g to receive the block F, and the pivots D D on said seat having plates 61' and collars (1 (Z and said pivots passing through the end pieces, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

ABRAHAM MORRIS. [L. s] WVitnesses:

O. W, M. SMITH, CHAS. E. KELLY. 

